All Entries Tagged With: "interview"
Eye Weekly Interviews Mel Lastman
Eye Weekly sits down with former mayor Mel Lastman to get his thoughts on the last seven years and to get his advice for the next mayor of Toronto: You said that council was less self-serving when you were there — what is the next mayor going to have to do to restore the situation? [...]
The Contenders: Rocco Rossi – The Policy Wonk
The National Post features an in-depth profile on another mayoral candidate, Rocco Rossi. The interview covers his personal story, along with the recent history of his campaign: Inside Riviera Bakery on College Street, Mr. Rossi’s Soprano-themed ads have come under under fire. “It’s kind of disappointing when you come from that culture to hear that [...]
The Contenders: Joe Pantalone — Class Warrior
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer grabs a latte with mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone to talk about his life, his record and his ideas for Toronto: “Mr. Pantalone’s loyalty to unions also comes from his upbringing. His father, who immigrated at age 50, got work out of a hiring hall, which would send to construction jobs all [...]
Globe: This Is Why I’m Voting For Rob Ford
The Globe speaks to a number of supporters of mayoral candidate Rob Ford to find out more about why they choose to support him: “A mother of three grown children, including a severely autistic son, [Connie] Harrison is a part-Aboriginal cancer survivor who lives in a social-housing tower in the blighted St. Jamestown projects north [...]
Rob Ford States His Case
Mayoral candidate Rob Ford recent sat down with the Town Crier Editorial Board and offered his vision for Toronto, taxes, governance and transit: “Ford recently toured the city’s subway system and found it dirty, full of litter, graffiti and loud screeching noises as trains enter the stations. He promised to take TTC general manager Gary [...]
Star Interviews: “Why I Support Rob Ford”
The Toronto Star interviews a number of Toronto residents who have indicated that they will be voting for mayoral candidate Rob Ford to find out a little more about why they support him: Why do you like Rob Ford and why do you want him to be mayor? Over the last seven years, my partner [...]
Spacing: Smitherman On Cycling
Mayoral candidate George Smitherman takes some time to talk to Spacing Votes about his thoughts on cycling in the city: “It’s obvious that Toronto’s a place that’s getting more and more challenging to get around,” says Smitherman. “People are increasingly motivated by their pocket book from a financial standpoint … a lot of people [are] [...]
Sun: Can Rocco Rossi Rock ‘Em?
In what looks to be an on-going series, the Toronto Sun spends some time with mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi to get his opinion on the state of the city, his opponents and his vision: “He has no plan. It’s simplistic,” Rossi says of Ford. Instead of clear-cutting, Rossi vows his administration would be one of [...]
BlogTO: From SportsNet to Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina?
BlogTO has published an interview they conducted with former SportsNet anchor and current Ward 19 candidate Sean McCormick: How did you go from sports broadcasting to politics? I’ve lived in Toronto for eight years now and I love this city. I moved here from out west – I was in Vancouver for a few years, [...]
Smitherman Wants To Break City’s ‘Pattern Of Mediocrity’
Mayoral candidate George Smitherman met with the Editorial Board of Toronto Community News to discuss what he would do if elected mayor in October: “A civic government locked in “a pattern of mediocrity” shares the blame for areas with empty storefronts or lower employment, Smitherman suggested, because it hasn’t spoken openly enough to Torontonians about [...]
BlogTO: Toronto Through The Eyes Of Sarah Thomson
Like George Smitherman and Rocco Rossi before her, mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson gets the profile treatment from local site BlogTO: It’s been more than six months since you’ve entered this race and so far no poll has put you above third place. Does that bother you? No, not at all. We’ve spent no money on [...]
Sprawling Transit System Key To Improving Our City: Thomson
Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson met with Town Crier Editorial Board to discuss her vision for the city, including her plan to expand the subway system: “There’s this division growing between the rich and poor, downtown and the outer suburbs. We’ve got to stop that division,” she said. “If you live in Scarborough, it can take [...]
BlogTO: David Crombie On Toronto’s Mayoral Race
Local blog BlogTO sat down with Toronto’s “tiny perfect mayor”, David Crombie, to talk about his experiences as mayor from 1972-78 and what he thinks of the current state of affairs: What makes a good mayor? There are a couple of things that I look for. I look for somebody that’s got a sense of [...]
Communities Need Hubs
The Town Crier sits down with TDSB Council member and Ward 13 candidate for council Sarah Doucette to speak about why she wants to serve her community: “Families living in our ward should be able to find affordable daycare without going outside our boundaries,” said Doucette, adding one way to do this is to work [...]
Nolan Wants To Drive Ward 21
TTC driver Peter Nolan has registered to take on long-time councillor Joe Mihevc in Ward 21. Nolan wants to make the TTC an essential service and he feels the City would be in a much better position if spending was cut: “I’m running to affect people city wide and in my ward,” said the ward [...]
Giving Up, Then Fired Up: Meet The Other Rocco
The Toronto Star offers a profile on lawyer and mayoral candidate Rocco Achampong, who has struggled to garner any media attention for his bid to be Toronto’s next mayor: “In his young career, Achampong has been unaccustomed to sharing the spotlight. He’s even less used to sitting in the shadows. And so on the evening [...]
Candidate Wants To Make It Fun
Local environmental activist Mary-Margaret McMahon is taking her community involvement one step further and has put her name forward to be the next councillor for Ward 32: “You engage more people when you make it fun,” said McMahon, who is running for a seat in Ward 32. “People are really disgruntled with city hall. People [...]
